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Posted by SLRT on Thu Mar 26 16:23:13 2015 edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d "Cause unknown, but Consistent with a gas explosion." The pictures are amazing. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/east-village-explosion_n_6950116.html An explosion rocked an East Village building in Manhattan Thursday, causing the building to collapse and sending plumes of smoke down Second Avenue. Injuries were reported at the building, which is located on Second Avenue near E. 7th Street, DNA Info reports. An FDNY spokesperson told The Huffington Post that one injured person was transported to an area hospital and other patients were evaluated on scene. The building could be seen fully engulfed in flames just before 4 p.m., and a fire department spokesman said the fire spread to at least two other buildings. Miles Barber, a cook at Mighty Quinn's restaurant nearby, told HuffPost that the explosion felt "like an earthquake." He and fellow employees evacuated the restaurant as hundreds of onlookers crowded the streets. Police closed off 6th and 7th streets near the explosion. The cause wasn't immediately clear, but authorities said that it was consistent with a gas explosion. ABC News reports: The FDNY arrived on the scene to find a restaurant on the lower level collapsed and smoke pluming throughout the building. Then flames began shooting through the roof and quickly spread to a neighboring building. Firefighters were pouring water onto the flames, but they had to pull back due to the intensity, fire officials expected both buildings would eventually fall. Evacuations were underway at all adjoining buildings, and charred rubble littered the sidewalk. The incident comes just days after New York City marked the one-year anniversary of a deadly building explosion in Harlem. A gas leak caused the blast, leveling two buildings, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Thu Mar 26 17:01:47 2015, in response to Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by SLRT on Thu Mar 26 16:23:13 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Sounds near where the old "Fillmore East" was. Well, all we can do is hope for the best in situations like this & hope casualties are minimal
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Posted by Express Rider* on Thu Mar 26 18:17:13 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Mar 26 17:01:47 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d It's one block north of the former site. Fillmore East was at 105 2nd ave. This building is at 121 (same side of the street). The link given in OT, shows an aerial shot - a little to the lower left of the smoking site, you can see the original "smallish" white building that was the theater's entrance building (now hosting an Emigrant bank), and behind it, the apartment building that replaced the theater space itself. ------------------------------------------------- that said, looking at the aerial shot of the smoking building, or any aerial shot like this in Manhattah, you can't help but be sadly remineded of 9/11. Gas explosion - 12 people injured, critically- extremely sad. I hope they all can survive.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Thu Mar 26 18:53:32 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Express Rider on Thu Mar 26 18:17:13 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d "you can't help but be sadly remineded of 9/11." Very true. Flames in the sky, Downtown Manhattan, heavy smoke...its all there albiet on a much smaller scale. I Think of 9/11 every day.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33* on Thu Mar 26 18:55:06 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Mar 26 17:01:47 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Sounds near where the old "Fillmore East" was. Was that anywhere near the Blaine Hotel? Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Thu Mar 26 20:04:20 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Thu Mar 26 18:55:06 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d "Was that anywhere near the Blaine Hotel?" You forgot where the Blaine hotel was?? You don't remember the Lionel train set in the lobby?? U R starting to scare me, Larry!:)
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Express Rider* on Thu Mar 26 21:30:55 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Mar 26 18:53:32 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d "I Think of 9/11 every day" - I know - with a sad shake of the head...
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Posted by chud1* on Fri Mar 27 04:51:18 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Mar 26 18:53:32 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d IAWTP. chud1. :(.....
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Posted by Wado MP73* on Fri Mar 27 12:19:55 2015, in response to Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by SLRT on Thu Mar 26 16:23:13 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Two people are still missing. This is only a few blocks from my place.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by AlM* on Fri Mar 27 12:36:33 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Wado MP73 on Fri Mar 27 12:19:55 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Same here. I've eaten plenty of meals at Virage and San Marzano.
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train* on Fri Mar 27 13:16:15 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by AlM on Fri Mar 27 12:36:33 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d I can tell I'm old. You mention places I don't know. When I lived/worked in that area B&H Dairy, Ratner's, the Paradox, were my food haunts as well as Koh-I-Noor the first place I ate Indian food.
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Posted by AlM* on Fri Mar 27 14:22:39 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Mar 27 13:16:15 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Yes. Virage at the NE corner of 7th and 2nd is maybe 10 years old; San Marzano at the SW corner is where Kiev used to be and is only 1-2 years old.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Express Rider* on Fri Mar 27 14:25:10 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Mar 27 13:16:15 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d And the Gem Spa still is / always will be, there right?
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Jackson Park B Train* on Fri Mar 27 14:35:12 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Express Rider on Fri Mar 27 14:25:10 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d but not as clean as it looked on NYPD Blue. Still, an egg cream at 3 AM was a nice treat walking home from Astor Place.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Express Rider* on Fri Mar 27 15:05:19 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Mar 27 14:35:12 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d didn't see it in NYPD Blue, but at least it's still there... I also remember it as being not "sound-stage" clean either. and yes, egg creams well after midnight... only in New York! :)
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Wado MP73* on Fri Mar 27 17:15:22 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Mar 27 13:16:15 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d B&H is still there. And so is Stage restaurant which I think is as old.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Wado MP73* on Fri Mar 27 17:17:54 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by AlM on Fri Mar 27 12:36:33 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d I've ate at Virage and Kiev before that many times. I also shopped at Love Saves the Day which was at 119 Second Ave., one of the collapsed buildings.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by SMAZ* on Fri Mar 27 22:04:56 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by AlM on Fri Mar 27 12:36:33 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Ode to the Kiev Restaurant (at 1:30). NSFW!!
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Posted by Wado MP73* on Fri Mar 27 22:36:52 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by SMAZ on Fri Mar 27 22:04:56 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d And to Love Saves the Day!
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Wallyhorse* on Sat Mar 28 00:41:10 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Express Rider on Thu Mar 26 21:30:55 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d A good number of us do think of 9/11 every day, even if like in my case I was fortunate not to lose anyone of even the very slightest importance whatsoever to that awful event.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Wallyhorse* on Sat Mar 28 00:42:53 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Mar 26 20:04:20 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Oh yeah, the Blaine Hotel, where guests on NBC's Saturday Night (as SNL was originally known) stayed initially. :) At least you can find some humor in what was an otherwise horrific situation. :(
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Wallyhorse* on Sat Mar 28 00:45:20 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Wado MP73 on Fri Mar 27 17:17:54 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Loves Saves The Day was an iconic store in that area for many years until it closed about a decade ago I believe. Just sickening about what happened there.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Wallyhorse* on Sat Mar 28 00:49:57 2015, in response to Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by SLRT on Thu Mar 26 16:23:13 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d And there are people I know who think this might wind up derailing the SAS entirely because now they will have to look at ALL of the gas lines in NYC as a result of this and find a way to make the aftereffects of that explosion preventing the SAS from ever running.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Sat Mar 28 10:36:16 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Mar 28 00:41:10 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d The scab gets ripped off every year, every 9/11
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Outside the Box* on Sun Mar 29 13:31:17 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Mar 28 00:49:57 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Not if it turns out that it was due to people monkeying with the gas inside the building. Besides, subway construction is an opportunity to renew the underground infrastructure.
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train* on Sun Mar 29 18:35:35 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Outside the Box on Sun Mar 29 13:31:17 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d link to pic https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBGrpZzWAAEhF1a.jpg
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by fset* on Sun Mar 29 19:23:01 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Thu Mar 26 18:55:06 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d The main theater part of the old Filmore East was torn down years ago and replaced with new housing. The front hall/entry remains, and ther corridor is a bank.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Jackson Park B Train* on Sun Mar 29 20:22:42 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by fset on Sun Mar 29 19:23:01 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d correct. another travesty.
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Re: Building Blows Up in East Village
Posted by Wado MP73* on Sat Apr 11 11:36:54 2015, in response to Re: Building Blows Up in East Village, posted by Wado MP73 on Fri Mar 27 17:15:22 2015.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d B&H is still there. And so is Stage restaurant which I think is as old. My mistake. Stage has only(lol) been there for 35 years, while B&H for 73 years.
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